Sometimes the best quotations are the ones that are made up of the fewest words. These short graduation quotes are exactly that. Coming in at under 12 words each, these quotes are by authors, inventors, philosophers, and artists who don't get their tongues tied. Instead, they just say it how it is in a few highly curated words.

Whether you're looking for something to scribble in your friends' yearbooks or you need a short but sweet quote to state during a commencement speech, these quotations below are perfect to get the job done. They manage to say so much while using so little of the English language.

A graduation is probably the time of one’s life when the most advice is needed. While you can’t stop life from coming at you, you can be wise about how you respond to it. Take a read through these 15 quotations, and make sure you take them to heart as you do it. It even wouldn’t hurt to inscribe a few of them in your brain for future use. They’re short, after all, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to remember your favorite ones. I can guarantee that they will come in handy at some point during the next few years!